Hurricane Gilbert Jamaica 1988

A child sits among possessions left outside her damaged home In September 1988 after Hurricane Gilbert hit Jamaica. By the time the destruction had stopped, 45 people were dead and over 500,000 left homeless. Agriculture was devastated, with US$50 million in damage to coffee, sugar cane, banana and other crops. Looting was widespread, particularly in Kingston. Foreign aid of about US$125 million form the USA alone poured into the stricken island. The tourist parts of the island were returned to normal with remarkable speed, but others took much longer to recover from the devastation.

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A child sits among possessions left outside her damaged home In September 1988 after Hurricane Gilbert hit Jamaica. By the time the destruction had stopped, 45 people were dead and over 500,000 left homeless. Agriculture was devastated, with US$50 million in damage to coffee, sugar cane, banana and other crops. Looting was widespread, particularly in Kingston. Foreign aid of about US$125 million form the USA alone poured into the stricken island. The tourist parts of the island were returned to normal with remarkable speed, but others took much longer to recover from the devastation.